Back to coal to beat energy crisis


Asian countries are turning to coal as the West Asia conflict disrupts oil and gas shipments.

The continent is exposed because it relies on imported fuel, much of it passing through the Strait of Hormuz – a chokepoint for about a fifth of global oil and natural gas trade.

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